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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797932503321

Titolo

The ILO from Geneva to the Pacific Rim : West meets East / / edited by Jill M. Jensen and Nelson Lichtenstein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; ; New York, NY : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016

ISBN

92-2-129649-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (333 p.)

Collana

International Labour Organization (ILO) century series

Disciplina

331.8

Soggetti

International labor activities - Pacific Area

Labor movement - Pacific Area

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction--Jill M Jensen and Nelson Lichtenstein; Part I. Beyond Europe: The ILO Encounters the Pacific World; 1. A Sea of Difference: The ILO and the Search for Common Standards,1919-45--Leon Fink; 2. The ILO, Australia and the Asia-Pacific Region: New Solidarities or Internationalism in the National Interest?--Marilyn Lake; 3. Japan and the 1919 ILO Debates over Rights, Representation and Global Labour Standards--Dorothy Sue Cobble; Part II. The Dilemmas of Development

4. Negotiating a World Trade and Employment Charter: The United States, the ILO and the Collapse of the ITO Ideal--Jill M Jensen5. The ILO, Asia and the Beginnings of Technical Assistance, 1945-60--Daniel Roger Maul; 6. Difference's Other: The ILO and "Women in Developing Countries"--Eileen Boris; Part III. The Human Rights Revolution; 7. Homeworkers Organizing for Recognition and Rights: Can International Standards Assist Them? Annie Delaney , Jane Tate and Rosaria Burchielli; 8. The Global Domestic: Mapping Decent Work in International Dialogues--Jennifer Fish and Jennifer Turner

9. The Limits of Human Rights for Labour Rights: A Retrospective Look at the Case of Chile--César F Rosado MarzánPart IV. Success and Failure in the New Asian Economy; 10. Legal Protection of the Right to Old-Age Insurance for Migrant Workers from Rural Areas in China--



Changzheng Zhou; 11. Freedom of Association: A Comparison of Chinese and US Approaches to ILO Standards--Clifford B Donn and Minghua Zhao; 12. The ILO and the Corporate Social Responsibility Regime in East and South Asia--Nelson Lichtenstein; Bibliography; Index